Re: [Qemu-devel] [edk2] EDK II & GPL - Re: OVMF BoF @ KVM Forum 2015

[Andrew Fish]

> On Sep 10, 2015, at 8:44 PM, Kevin Davis <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 09/10/2015 08:14 PM, Kevin Davis wrote:
>>>> 
>>> Ah.  I wasn't in the room when they figured it out.  And I've never seen
>> their written opinion.  Is it documented somewhere?
>> 
>> which in turn leads to this FAQ:
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__web.archive.org_web_20121116185559_http-3A__lkml.org_lkml_2009_6_&d=BQIGaQ&c=eEvniauFctOgLOKGJOplqw&r=1HnUuXD1wDvw67rut5_idw&m=mhYwzTqxMG2tM5He0exVnKYSFG58txsY87BTZP3pIqo&s=LKChPDVsVauW8_4ZGz2OukddijAHxwPZhnjeXQZCW5I&e=
>>  
>> 26/314
>> 
>> So reading between the lines, IBM's opinion was that implementing a
>> workaround that operates FAT in such a way that it never uses a common
>> namespace was sufficient to avoid any legal questions about whether that
>> code conflicts with a patent on a common namespace, sidestepping the
>> longer question of any legal battle over the patent itself.
>> 
> 
> Of course I have no comment on the legal opinion other than it is interesting 
> and nice to have a pointer to it.
> 
> Thanks for the pointers
> 

This history of issues is why we should remove the binary FAT driver from the 
common repo, so we accommodate the realities of all the down stream partners. 

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

PS Nice to see the FOSS and traditional PC folks learning from each other on 
the list.

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